Hearing
Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Hearing
Finance and Taxation at 11:00:00
SB214 Alabama 2024 Session
Updated Jan 14, 2026
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
Jay HoveySenatorRepublican- Session
- Regular Session 2024
- Title
- Line of duty death benefit, expand to volunteer firefighters who die of cancer
- Description
Existing law provides compensation for paid firefighters who contract cancer on the job, but makes no similar provision for volunteer firefighters.
This bill would provide compensation to the survivors of a volunteer firefighter who dies of work-related cancer by making them eligible for the death benefit awarded by the State Board of Adjustment for first responders who die in the line of duty.
- Subjects
- Government Administration
Bill Actions
S
Pending Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund
S
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund
Calendar
Bill Text
Documents
Bill Text (Introduced)
SB214 Alabama 2024 Session - Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - As Introduced
Source: Alabama Legislature